stone-fruit trees in Santa Monica, CA
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Comments (6)my ebay 4.95 fruit trees are a joke planted in 2004 still look poor and put on 3-5 fruits each year. I planted 150 of them. the trees I bought at adams county nursery in 2008 I have to thin the fruit and they have grown 4'taller then the 2004 stock. cost per tree was about 12.50 including shipping and fees. 2011 will tell the tale if the first don't come to the front chainsaw. 5 santa rosa's on 6 trees this year. (late frost maybe zone 3-4). I thought it would be a natural orchard when I bought the old farm because an apple tree fallen over and rotten had clean fruit 4" by the bushel on the lawn. I want to have 1000 trees when I retire in 10 years to just sit back and colect the money (lol) at a pick your own. changed my plantings from 25/50 to 13/25 this year have to prune more. I ordered plumbs aprocots apples pears peaches cherries and grapes this year and started clearing land for next years plant. 15 ac and growing. lot is 72 ac wife says stop now son just planted 43 fruit trees on his lot and said " i'll have bigger more productive trees sooner". can't let him win...See MoreCo-mingling Stone Fruit trees and other fruits in one container?
Comments (7)Of the ones you mention only strawberry with a plum tree makes any sense to me. The others are too big or require a different soil pH. I've had up to 5 fruit trees in one 15 gallon pot and gotten fruit off all. So you can try anything. But why not get another pot for each one? 10-15 gallons isn't much to grow any of these and expect much fruit. Pots aren't cheap. But having $130 of fruit trees in one pot isn't cheap either. On most of my 5 in one pot, I later moved them to an in-ground spot for more production. This also allows fruit the year of planting in-ground....See MoreFruit trees for Santa Rosa, ca
Comments (6)I live near Santa Rosa and I've compiled a list of fruits that are well suited to our climate and also have good flavor. I've grown some and can attest personally to their success, others have been successful in other north bay gardens but I haven't grown myself (yet.) White Peaches - Sugar May, Strawberry Free, Snow Beauty, Arctic Supreme, Indian Free Yellow Peaches - Earlitreat, Gold Dust, EvaâÂÂs Pride, July Elberta, Elegant Lady, Muir, Fay Elberta, Rio Oso Gem, Fairtime European Plum - BavayâÂÂs Green Gage, Italian Blue Damson Asian Plum - Santa Rosa, Howard Miracle, Elephant Heart Pluot - Flavor King, Flavor Grenade Cherry - Bing, Van Are you planning on planting one of each type of fruit? Do you have neighbors with fruit trees that can pollinate yours? You might want to look into Dave Wilson's backyard orchard culture, like planting two or three trees in one hole so you can get more variety and a wider range of ripening times. I know you didn't ask about pluots, but they are very plum-like and tasty. Also, you will have to spray your peaches for Peach Leaf Curl, Muir and Indian Free are supposedly PLC resistant but until I plant mine and see for myself I'm not going to say that they don't need spraying. One last piece of advice - protect your trees from gophers! The fruit trees I've planted in gopher cages have done much better than those I planted without. Here is a link that might be useful: Dave Wilson garden page...See MoreHelp! My Santa Rosa Plum tree is fruiting now in winter!
Comments (6)Your tree very likely has many flower buds still unopened so may bloom more in spring. But you are in a very atypical situation for most of us. Your tree may not get enough chilling for the remaining flower buds to open at normal time in a month or two. So I'd leave the current fruit and see what it does. You may get two crops, a very extended light harvest, or nothing at all....See Moregreenwitch
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